Sectional incolsure



G. C. KENNEDY.

SECTIONAL INCLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED Aue.22. 1 919.

1,406,192, Patented FehQ14, 1922.

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SECTIONAL INCLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22, m9.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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G. G. KENNEDY.

SECTIONAL INCLOSURE.

APPLICATION .FILED Aus.22.19|9.

1,406,192, Patented FbQM, 1922.

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In Men 50 UNITED STATES GEORGE COIAVIN KENNEDY, 01E WATERLOO, IOWA.

SECTIONAL INGLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d F b 14 1922 Application filed August 22, 1919. Serial No. 319,282.

To all 20 7mm it may concern Be it known that I, Gnoncn COLVIN KEN- NEDY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Inclosures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toimprovements in sectionalinclosures, and the object of my improvement is to supply readily assembled or disassembled housings. suitable for use in containing articles or receptacles, and capable ofbeing added to indefinitely as required.

. -This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an isometric perspective view of assembled elements of my invention, with parts broken away, disclosing the essential construction; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, with compression elements for the standards added, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof, with the end-cl0sures removed; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of part of the structure, showing side-plates removably mounted on certain of the standards; Fig. 5 is an end elevation, showing one endor face-plate mounted on standards; Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the fastening-means for securing the sideplates upon standards removably; Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the structure, showing a modified form of supports on the standards; Fig. 8 is .a plan of the structure shown in Fig. 7, with parts in horizontal section, and Fig. 9 is a detail plan view of a modified form of bracket support.

In the drawings, similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

lVhile the particular purpose of my invention is to furnish knockdown structures, ca pable 0f indefinite addition or extension as needed, to receive and support a plurality of caskets or containers for mausoleum or other use, yet the constructions shown are useful as receivers for any description of articles, and may be set up or erected .in any place, whether in the open, in buildings, or on vehicles or vessels.

The construction includes supporting or upholding elements such as the standards 1, which may be I-beams as shown, or other suitable structural shapes, spaced apart in pairs. .The standards 1, set vertically on end on a suitable foundation, are arranged with their channels positioned laterally to face each other, and connected by vertically spaced cross-bars 2, whoseends may be angularly bent and secured removably 'tothe webs of adjacent standards by means of bolts 4 and nuts 16, or other removable fasteners. Instead of cross-connections 2, alined bracket-members 30 may be removably mounted on the standards by bolts.31, as shown in Figs. 7 to 9, inclusive, the bracket {32 shown in Fig. 9 having an offset, to space it away from the standards inwardly and from an end-plate. I

- A body, such as a casket 2526, may be removably supported on the brackets 32 or the alternative cross-bars 2, but it will often be convenient to add to the supportingmeans the longitudinally-disposed bars 5, wh ch may be angle-bars or of other shapes, laid loosely on said bars 2 or brackets 30 or 32, as the case may be. The casket shown is formed of two like hollow parts 25 and 26, marginally outwardly flanged at 27, with the flanges secured together by bolts 28 and nuts 29, and in housing these caskets, the inclosing structure shown is suitable to be placed in a mausoleum building, where other like units of construction may be added from time to time on reserved floor space, with a minimum outlay of expense or initial advance of capital, thus affording the public a cheap but permanent means of interment.

As shown in Fig. 2, I have provided for use where desired, means for keeping the connected elements of the structure taut and rigid or free from deflections, and which supports the standards 1 in vertical position- The numerals 8 and 13 denote alined spacing members, having end pins 9 and 14: respectively received into sockets 15 provided in the top and bottom ends of the standards which are opposite front and rear. A single spacing-bar 34 may be used, if desired, but often it will be necessary to adjust the har in its length to allow for slight variations in dimensions of parts, so I provide threaded spindles 10 and 12 on the facing elements 8 and 13 to receive compressing means such as the turn-buckle 11, whereby the standards 1 and the connecting elements 2 and 5 may be kept in proper positions, rigid and able to support their loads.

The longitudinal bars 5 may be secured to the cross-bars 2 by bolts 6 and nuts 7 or as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, by means of beaded pins 33 set reinovably in registering orifices in the bars and brackets. In the latter case, other orifices 86 may be provided in the brackets to permit the bars 5 to be differently spaced apart.

' Endor face-plates 19 may be mounted on the standards 1 in any desired manner to be separately removable. As shown, the plates are orificedin line with sockets 23 in the standards to receive screws 22.

7 Referring to Figs. 4 and 6 inclusive, side plates 17 are shown as mounted to cover the side interspaces of certain ofthe standards 1 from front to rear, to thus conceal the contents from view, until additions are made to the structure. These plates may be removably mounted and secured on the structure by any desired means, but as shown,

each plate has an offset longitudinal margin 18 which may be secured to an overlapped longitudinal margin of an abutting plate by bolts 20, the latter extending through the standards 1, secured by nuts 24 and 16. f

When the disconnected brackets shown in Figs. 7 and 8 are used, cross-connecting bars 37 may be connected between the tops and the bottoms of the standards 1 to rigidly support them laterally.

When the parts are assembled, a closed structure is provided, which protects the contents from view or from interference or damagc,'and other units of construct-ion may be added from time to time.

Variations in the construction may nevertheless come within the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 An inclosed hollow structure, formed of disconnectibly assembled connected parts, comprising spaced standards, transverse connections between adjacent standards,

spaced longitudinal bars supported on said connections, longitudinal connections between said standards, transverse face-plates covering the transverse openings between the standards, and longitudinal plates covering longitudinal openings between outer standards of said structure.

-Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this th day of August, 1919.

GEORGE CALVIN KENNEDY. 

